whats the easiest way to clean ur rc.. it sucks taking everything off and wiping it off can i just spray it down with something?????

i usually take the battery off, then put the cover back on, and spray it with a garden hose.

REMEMBER: do not turn ON the electronic devices when the car still wet. you will fry your servo.

after all the cleaning, spray the whole thing with WD-40 as it will take the moisture out

then put in in the sun for a couple of hours, out after run engine oil to absorb moisture inside the engine

then leave it for one day.

you are good to go

cant u just plug the opening into the engine so u dont have to do all that extra stuff??

yeah you can

but i think you still want to do that extra stuff since it will take you like 15 second and just in case the water gets inside the engine eventhough you already covered everything up.

just worry about your servo, i think that's the most important thing when using water to clean up.

so waht am i suposed to do with engine oil??? like car oil or after run oil

I take it apart to an extent and use a biodegradable degreaser, a toothbrush, and a can of compressed air. This is the easiest way for me without a compressor and better than spraying Nitro cleaner everywhere and releasing those harmful chemicals into the environment.. The degreaser works well on the oil you just talked about..

what i meant was put couple of drops after run oil into the engine, just incase some of the water gets inside it

Waterproof your electronice.like you already should have ,then just car wash it ,then wd-40 it .
Set in front of a fan to dry.
Dont mine this way 30-40 times..never a single issue.
bing bang boom.
CS

Shop air and paint brushed of various sizes. I realize that not everyone has access to compressed air, but I'd *NEVER* wet my truck down with a garden hose sealed or not. That's just asking for problems on many levels....whether or not someone here has already done it with no issues.

air compressor and Simple Green, spray and blow one area at a time and it looks like new and ready to run

blow the loose stuff off first, then spray the simple green (or the like), let pennatrate but not dry then blow it off

how do you waterproof it? i really would like to know

thanks

I stopped cleaning mine. All I do is spray the engine block and head down with nitro cleaner and wipe the body down with a wet rag....the rest stays all dirty.[8D]

how long have you have it that way?

Put the reciever,and battery pack in a balloon,then seal the end some how ..tape ...zip tie...string..whatever,and smear some marine grease around the seal of the servos,and in the horn area.
The marine grease is 100% waterproof..such as wheel bearing grease for boat trailers.
Just dont spray the air cleaner area.
CS

Aside from the engine stuff,dirt is good...[:-],as far as electronics,same as my boats,reciever is "INOXed"(water displacement medium) and ballooned,servos "INOXed",marine greased,as with all other linkages and moving parts, taking note to stay away from brake set-up,other than that, the nice "clean body" goes on, VOILA........done

I take the motor, pipe, radio tray, and wheels off. then make a mixture of simple green and oter soap and stick it in the bath tup. Spray a heavy coat of simlpe green,let sit for 5 to 10 minutes, then scrup the dirt off with a touth brush. Then rinse with water, blow off exese water with compressed air then lube the berings with WD-40. Looks new every time.

A couple of months now. I'll clean it up before I put it away in the fall.[8D]

edit-I do clean the air filter after each run though. I'm not THAT cruel.

Invest in an air compressor, I bought myself a HUSKY one a couple years back and it works great, only cost about 90 bucks but it saves alot of hassle of tearing down to clean.

I use the air compressor at the local gas station. You need to find one that puts out a LOT of air, and preferably the kind that you
can activate with a handle. I pay 50 cents for 4 minutes of air, and that's usually plenty when combined with a small and large
paint brush.

That is definitely over the top...The bath tub part really got me.

I use an air compressor on mine, i just have a towel in one hand and "spray and rub".